The New Cook's Tour of Sonoma: 200 Recipes and the Best of the Region's Food and Wine

by Michele Anna Jordan, Faith Echtermeyer (Photographer)

This completely revised edition of Michele Anna Jordans much praised cookbook features 200 recipes, touring information, and cooks sources, making it the definitive food lovers guide to Americas Provence. Sonoma County stretches from the fog-cooled coast of Northern California to the Mayacamas Mountains in the east; it hangs like a plump grape cluster west and northwest of its neighbor, Napa. Less than an hour away from San Francisco, this celebrated region has become synonymous with good taste, high-quality culinary ingredients, and the best food in the world. Originally published in 1990 by Addison-Wesley, The New Cooks Tour of Sonoma includes 200 recipes, extensive sections on wine and the burgeoning olive oil industry, and engaging portraits of the regions cheesemakers, dairymen and women, breadmakers, farmers, and chefs. With sixteen pages of spectacular color photographs, this gorgeous cookbook shows how the place, its people, and its food are inextricably linked.

Genres: Cookbooks

320 pages, Paperback

First published January 11, 2000

Reviews

[Liquidlasagna · Rating 4 out of 5]

This wonderful cookbook introduced the read to the beauty and simplicity of food by making the connection to the land and the people who produce it.
Alice Waters

The New Cook's Tour of Sonoma is certainly more than a good cookbook. It depicts the lifestyle and culture of one of the richest areas of California. It is a must for anyone who wants to travel to this part of our country.
Jacques Pepin

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a few sections within

Toast, Breads, Sandwiches, Eggs, Tarts, Pizza and Calzone

Cheese and Scallion Toasts
Mexican Cheese Bread
Radish and Chive Sandwiches
Farm Market Panino with Seasonal Variations
Toasted Teleme Sandwiches with Tapenade and Sopressata
Salmon and Tapenade Sandwiches
Sonoma Pan Bagnat
Eggs on the Half Shell
Apple amd Bellwether Blue Omlette
Burbank Tortilla
Savory Italian Bread Pudding
Tomato Custard Tart in a Cornmeal Crust
Tomato Galette
Wild Mushroom Pizza
Winter Squash and Feta Calzone
Shell Bean and Chard Calzone

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Pasta, Rice and Grains

Linguine with Mesclun
Pasta with Uncooked Tomato Ricotta Sauce
Spaghetti Carbonara Sonoma
Vella's Pasta alla Campangna
Chicken Liver and Chorizo Spaghetti
Potato Gnocchi with Duck Ragout
Bernadette's Creamy Polenta
Stewed Quail with Polenta
Little Chicken, Olive and Polenta Pies
Polenta Loaf with Walnuts and Teleme
Green Garlic Risotto
Golen Beet Risotto with Walnuts
Turkey Risotto
Minted Rice with Lamb and Garbanzo Beans
Mexican Quinoa Pilaf

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Meats

Mussels with White Wine and Herbs
Cracked Dungeness Crab with Meyer Lemon Remoulade
Cayenne Snapper with Fresh Pasta and Corn Salsa
Grilled Salmon with Chipotle and Lime
Mama's Paella
Oven-Roasted Chicken with Fried White Peaches [eek!]
Roasted Duck with Apple, Chestnut and Bacon Stuffing
Smoked Duck Breast with Mary's Red Onion Marmalade
Turkey Gumbo
Roasted Pork Tenderloin and Apricots with Apricot Risotto
Stuffed Pork Shoulder with Pepper Jam Glaze
Slow-Roasted Chipotle Pork
Pork Shoulder Stewed with Nopales, Hominy and Chiles
Lamb Kebabs with Lemon and Orzo
Butterflied Leg of Lamb with Garlic, Two Ways
Greek Lamb Loaf
Lamb's Tongue in Vinaigrette
Tacos Lengua
Poached Lamb's Tongue
Grilled Steak and Gorgonzola Butter
Beef and Shitake Kebabs
La Daube Provencale
Potato Zucchini Stew with Andouille Sausage
Hot Italian Sausage with Spinach and Spaghetti
Sicilian Sausage and Lentil Stew
Curried Onions with Sausage Stuffing

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Salads

Simple Green Salad
Miner's Lettuce Salad
Hearts of Butter Lettuce with Bellwether Blue Cheese and Meyer Lemon Vinaigrette
Warm Spinach Salad
Raspberry Coleslaw with Black Raspberry Mayonnaise
Fall Greens with Grilled Figs and Bacon Vinaigrette
Almond-Crusted Feta with Grilled Grapes and Frisee
Sprout Salad with Avocadoes and Tahini Dressing
Carrot, Olive and Feta Salad
Farm Market Salad
Root Vegetable Salad
Russian Egg Potato Salad
Sonoma Country-Style Greek Salad
Chickpea, Celery and Scallion Salad
Wild Rice, Portabello Mushroom, Blueberry and Walnut Salad
Quinoa Salad with Corn, Currants and Avocado
Sorrel Tabbouleh
Feta Olive Salad
Pasta, Shrimp and Pea Salad
Grilled Slamon Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette
Winter Jewel Salad with Lamb
Blueberry and Chicken Liver Salad with Blueberry Vinaigrette

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Her Major books

A Cook's Tour of Sonoma 1990
The Good Cook's Book of Oil and Vinegar 1992
The Good Cook's Book of Mustard 1994
The Good Cook's Book of Tomatoes 1995
Polenta 1997
California Home Cooking 1997
Salt and Pepper 1999
The San Francisco Seafood Cookbook 2000
The New Cook's Tour of Sonoma 2000
The BLT Cookbook 2003
More than Meatballs 2014
A Sensual Tour: A Readers Bibliography to the Works of MFK Fisher (in preparation)